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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 10468" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Emily,</p><p></p><p>I know your feelings of being overwhelmed with all life is putting on your plate.</p><p></p><p>I remember one time right after my divorce, a good friend told me something. I was single, had an ex husband that was a drug abuser/alcoholic. I had a 10 year old running away from home/stealing/lying, a 5 year old ramming his head through windows and raging hours per day, and a 3 year old that was having open heart surgery. I also worked, did early intervention therapy/preschool for the younger boys, and had just put difficult child 2 (who was the 10 year old) into a 90 day diagnostic center.</p><p></p><p>And she said to me, "God gave you this because he knows you can handle it".</p><p></p><p>And I laughed and told her she was insane.</p><p></p><p>We do what we do because we have to. We may not want to. But, these are our children. This is our life. And we keep on day to day, hanging in there, because we all hope at the end of the tunnel, there is that light.</p><p></p><p>I like the advice given by Linda and Sharon. You time is important. I know - hard to come by. Put the kids to bed early. So what if they're in bed at 7:30 PM. I've done it :grin: Take a hot bath. Read a book. Take care of you.</p><p></p><p>Janna</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 10468, member: 2737"] Emily, I know your feelings of being overwhelmed with all life is putting on your plate. I remember one time right after my divorce, a good friend told me something. I was single, had an ex husband that was a drug abuser/alcoholic. I had a 10 year old running away from home/stealing/lying, a 5 year old ramming his head through windows and raging hours per day, and a 3 year old that was having open heart surgery. I also worked, did early intervention therapy/preschool for the younger boys, and had just put difficult child 2 (who was the 10 year old) into a 90 day diagnostic center. And she said to me, "God gave you this because he knows you can handle it". And I laughed and told her she was insane. We do what we do because we have to. We may not want to. But, these are our children. This is our life. And we keep on day to day, hanging in there, because we all hope at the end of the tunnel, there is that light. I like the advice given by Linda and Sharon. You time is important. I know - hard to come by. Put the kids to bed early. So what if they're in bed at 7:30 PM. I've done it [img]:grin:[/img] Take a hot bath. Read a book. Take care of you. Janna [/QUOTE]
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